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Cin its anir Stnft&l* COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. i, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 14, I gr:.^- ~ ‘. ~~ ■ ~~~ * The way Win. H. .Reward was elected Senator. lie received 72 whig votes and 11 Know Nothing ! totes. Tho Deinocratio votes were thrown away upon * Dickiqson, 2, Seymour, 9, and Allen, 1, and the balance of the Know Nothing vote was given 3 to Dickinson, 4 to Seymour, 1 to Ullman, 1 to Babcock, 1 to I left man and Ito Fillmore. It : .3 evident that the opposing Democratic factions respectively preferred the election of Seward to that of Dickinson and Seymour. Indeed the friends of Dickinson fired a salute in Albany, because he received a higher vote than Seymour, and the re joicings of the faction to which he belongs is very gene ral, throughout the State of New York, over the re suit of the election. The defeat of the opposing faction is dearer to them than the country’s good. The de vision in the Know Nothing vote shows very clearly that the election of Seward is not distasteful, even to those who were restrained from voting for him, and that the harmony of the order is destroyed in New Yotk. The comments of the New York Herald upon the re sult of the election are quite amusing. That paper lias been foremost in endorsing the order as pre-eminently reliable upin the slavery question. Compelled toe it its own words, it quite loses its temper and gives vent to its chagrine as follows : W. H. Seward Re-Elected. —The result of the legisla tive caucus at Albany last week sati.-fitd us that the game was up with the Know Nothing-, and that Seward s re election wa3 secured. The Know Nothings have been outwitted, outmanoeuvred, and outvoted, They may com plain of the treachery of the silver gray whigs— of traitors in their own camp—but neither complaints nor examina tions will help them now. The work is done. Seward is re-elected, and his triumph will doubtless satisfy Mr. Good win that his vote in the Senate was over-estimated in its supposed value. The moral effect of this victory of Sewaid will test the solidity of the Know Nothings in this State,m the North, and particularly in the South, as a national po litical organization. It will be a godsend to the administra tion, and a windlall to Henry A. Wise. Had the Know Nothings boasted less, they might have accomplished more. At least, a little less pretension to strength would have rendered their real weakness in the Assembly leas humiliating. They have made a sorry job of it. They have realized the old proverb of the mountain in labor delivered of a mouse. They have been driven from Sebastopol, and have lost a campaign. We are not surprised ut the result. Quite likely, had Sewaid required a halt dozen votes more to re elect him they might have been drummed up. The Sewaid men worked among the members, the Know Nothings appear to have conlined themselves to outside agitation. It was no go. Between old cornpaigners and raw recruits the result of a Held tight is invariably the same, upon anything like an equality of materials. A wide spread ag’tation among the Know Nothings, es pecially in the South, will follow this election of Seward ; and if this new American party do not look well to their defences, their camp will be invaded, their forces routed, and their prestige of invincible strength be destroyed.— What do they next propose to try ] We are anxious to know. It must now be apparent to the most obstinate oppo nents of the Democracy, that reliable friends of the South, at the North, are in the ranks of the Northern Democracy. The Whig party is hopelessly abolitionized. The Know Nothings have given us Seward and Wilson as the exponents of their principles. We, therefore, again insist that it is the duty of South ern Whigs to abandon all connection with their Northern allies, and join that party which alone has any claims to the confidence of the South. We will not deny that there are uDsound men in the Democratic party ; but the controlling power of the party is ; n safe hands. All that is needed to render our triumph certain is the union of the South. Why keep up divisions at home upon old party issues which ate dead ? Mobile and Girard Railroad. We call the attention of the Stockholders of the Co lumbus Division of the Mobile and Girard Railroad to the advertisement of the Directors, which w r e publish to day in our columns. The situation of the Road at this time is a very delicate one, but by cordial co-operation on the part of the Stockholders it can be placed on a sound and successful footing at a very small cost to each member of the company. But to secure this desirable consumation there must be unanimity and cordial co operation on the part of the shareholders. We hope the meeting in March will be attended by every mem ber of the company. This is the “tide in the affairs” of the road, which, if neglected, will result in irreparable loss, but if “taken at the flood” will unquestionably lead to a successful termination of this great eterprise. We are requested by the former President of the road, Hon. Alfred Iverson, to earnestly urge every member of the company to be personally present, at the meeting, as lie desires and intends, on that occasion, to make a full explanation of the administration of their affairs of the company during his connection with it. The meeting is a very important one and no member of the company who desires to protect his own interests or to forward th enterprise, will fail to be present. Vlndicatio i ol'the liou. A. S. Clayton. Sometime since, we called attention to a very re markable book written by Ex-Governor Geo. R. Gilmer. We have sinoe received a pamphlet entitle 1 “A Vindi cation of the Hon. Augustin S. Clayton, against the aspersions of George R. Gilmer, as contained in his Sketches of Georgia,” written by his son, P. Clayton, Esq., now of Washington City. The “aspersions” from which Mr. A. S. Clayton is vindicated are that in the controversy between Georgia and the Government of the United States, in reference to the Cherokee Indians, Mr. Clayton, then a Judge of the State, was “desirous that the Federal Court should assume the jurisdiction of determining the extent of the right of the State to govern its Indian population” and that he was influ enced in his opinions by his relationship to Mr. William Wirt, who was offered a fee of $20,000 by the Chero kees to undertake their cause. Mr. Clayton admits the relationship between the par ties, but deuies that this had any influence with his father, as he had no personal intercourse with Mr. Wirt until ho retired from the bench. And he further de nies that Governor Gilmer correctly reports the opin ions of Judge Clayton on the controversy between Georgia and the United States, and, in proof of his scsertion, quotas from a charge delivered by him to a Grand Jury of Claik county, in August 1831, in which he says: “1 only require the aid of puilie opinion, and the arm of Executive authority, and no court on earth besides our own shall ever be troubled with this (Chero kee) question ; ’ besides other language equally explicit. P* Clayton further says: “Perhaps no man in Georgia ever contended more strenuously for the rights cf the States, or was more jealous of the assumptions of the Federal Government” and, this we believe, is the general opinion of his cotemporaries. Without design ing to take i art in this controversy, we feel it due to the nu inory of a distinguished Georgian to give this notice ot his“ vindication.” There are several other miuor points in the “vindication’’ but these are the most important. Me regret the bitter vituperative toue of Mr. Clayton’s pamphlet. Something was due to the age of Gover nor Gilmer; but perhaps the public will pardon some thing to the outraged feelings of a sim. ; Suothern .Literary Messenger, The February number of this valuable monthly has ! come to liand containing fifteen original articles, besides . the usual book notices. Published by Macfarlano, Fer- j gusson & Cos., Richmond Va., at $3 a year. That Bow of Promise. —We are very happy to see i a “bow of promise” span ning what we took to be the dark clouds of coming wrath which lately hung over the sane- ! turn of the Columbus Enquirer. We cordially recip- ; rocate the kindly feelings of our neighbor and hope be will not have occasion hereafter to experience “the emotion of anger” on account of any thing he may find ! in our columns. —— The Virgin Queen ; or, The Romance of Royalty. By the Author of “Woman and her Master,’’ “Gus Howard,’’ Aniy Lawrence,” etc. Large octavo. Price 50 cents. Garrett and Cos., New York. The Virgin Queen is the title of the last work from the celebrated pen of the author of “Amy Lawrence,” “Minnie Grey/’ etc. It is a gorgeous picture of the ife and reign of Elizabeth, Queen Regnant of England. The incidents fre numerous, the portraits well drawn, ti e interest ably sustained, end the whole work one which will amply repay a ouc r ul perusal. of the S earn :r Florida. Steamer F orida arrived in Savannah Saturday even ing, fifty-four hours from New York. At steamers leaving New York at 8 A. M., T 1 ursday, the snow had fallen a Lot and was then snowing fast. Passengers from Ne / York arrned here yesterday in 76 hours. Congressional. Wasiiingnon, Feb. 9. The Senate passed 57 privat s Bills, and went into Exec utive session. Smaior A. C. Dodge, of lowa, was confirmed as Minister to Madrid. This appointment excited univer sal astonishment. Charles H. Morriron, was also confirmed as Receiver at Ouachita ; Robert Bengueral, as Register at Opelou sas 5 Robert D. lladfen, as Receiver at Columbus, Mis s'ssif pi; and Th imas Welch, rs Receiver at Montgome ry Alabama. The House passed the Consular R eform Bill. The bill for ti e renewal of Colt’s patent was killed. lion. John C. Bnckinrilge anr ounced that he had declined the appointment of Minister to Spain, in con sequence of the sic! ness of his wife. Washington, Feb. 10. In the Senate, Mr. Wilson, recently elected from Mas sacliuset s, appeared j nd took his seat. The House passed a resolution, to extend the benefit of the bountry land warrants to those Choctaw Indians who served in the army during the threatened Indian war. The House also voted an appropriation for four revenue cutters, after which it went into Committee on private bills. Intelligence has been received here from Philadelphia, that the Hon. Simon Cameron, late U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, has been nominated by a Know Nothing caucus of the Legislature for the Senate. Mr. Belmonte, our Minister to the Hague, has effected an arrangement with the Dutch government, by which all Dutch colonial ports are to be thrown open to foreign trade. Fremont’s claim to the Mariposa grant in California, will probably come up before the U. S. Supreme Court this week. Passage of the Texas . .Creditors’ Bill. The bill to pay off the claims of the Texas creditors against tjie United States—claims assumed by the latter, on the annexation of Texas—was passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday last, by a vote of 154 to 43. The bill provides in lieu of $5,000,000, payable at Texas in five per cent. United States’stock, the issuing of which stock was restricted by the law of September 9, 1850, $6,550,000 to be apportioned among the holders pro rata , the interest to be determined by tho existing laws of Texas. The holders and the State of Texas to release all claims aguinst the United States for and on ac„ count of the securities. The act is not to take effect un til assedted to by the Legislature of Texas, nor until it passes a law withdrawing and abandoning all claims and demands against the United States, growing out of the Indian depredations or otherwise. What action, if any, the Senate is to have on tho bill remains to be seen. A strong effort will, it is said, be made to put the bill through. Further by the Atlantic. The government has been severely denounced in the British Parliament. The Russians had been repulsed at Sebastopol in I tw© sorties, but they succeeded in taking fourteen I prisoneis. The weather had been cold but had mode rated. It was stated that 40,000 Russians with 80 guns at Perekop, under command of General Liprandi, were preparing to attack Eupatoria. The Russians had reoccupied the Quarantine Fort. General Brown was about to resume his command. Advices from St. Psiersburg to the 18th instant, breathed a pacific spirit. Accounts, from Odessa, state that the Russians would ! shortly assume the offensive, for which step they had j j been fully prepared by reinforcements. Omar Pasha’s force was to have commenced opera tions by the 18th of January. The Allies contemplate establishing hospitals for ; | 2000 men at Smyrna—also one for convalescents at ; Rhodes. Austria demands an explanation from Prince Gorts i chakoff, as to why the Russians crossed the Danube, ! and orders had been sent to Coronotiiui to prevent ! them from eompaigning in that region, j The allied admirals had declared the ports in the j Black Sea and the Sea of Azof in a state of siege, Ismael Pasha had been appointed commander of the i army of Antolia. It is stated that the Tuiks had opened a oommuni catian with Seharnyl, whose force consisted of 20,000 men. The Turks, however, had received a rumor of the death of Shamyl. Prussia claims the right of participating in the peace negotiations at Vienna* and has protested to the Four Powers agiiust the passage of any resolutions without her participation therein. Sardinia sends to the Allies 20,000 men——her whole army. Messrs. Miller & Thompson, of Liverpool, have fail ed for .£60,000 Sterling, and Messrs. Home, Eager & Cos. for £130,000. The Paris Monitcur says that 1,700,000.000 francs had been j laced on deposit with the French Govern ment. j There were indications of a Carlist insurrection in Spain. Advices from China, of the 12th December, state that . affairs in the southern section of the country were more critical even than at Canton, and that the authori ses had appealed to the American and British Consuls for assistance. Trade has been completely suspended. New Yolk, Feb. o.— California drafts of Burgoyne <fc Lc. have been refused acceptance to-day. ~ i Illinois Politics. Chicago. Feb. 9. i Lyman Trumbull, anti-Nebraska, has been elected i U. S. Senator by tho Illinois L"gislature, ‘vice Gen. | James Shields. General Slields has been announced ns a Candidate as Representative to Congress for the Bth District, in | place Mr. Trumbull, his successor in the Senate. ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH STAR, ONE WEEK LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. The North Star arrived at New York, from Aspinvvall, on the Bth in.-t., with San Francisco dates to the 16th ult., and $1,289,209 73 in gold. Los Angeles in Arms. There had been a general rising of the citizens of Los Angeles in opposition to decrees of a Judge of the Criminal Court, who.had decided to respite a man under sentence of death for murder, to which the people, with great unanimi ty, were opposed. At last accounts, the Mayor of the city had resigned his office, and joined the mob, who were bat tering down the jail, after having driven off the Sheriff, and were evidently determined to find the prisoner and execute him under the code of Judge Lvncli. Senatorial Election. The Legislature was to ballot for a United States Senator on the I7tfi ult. The whig caucus had nominated Col Philip L. Edwards, a member of the House from Sacra mento ; but we have no definite information in regard to the democrats. The friends of Senator Gwin held a cau cus on the 15th instant, but adjourned without arriving at any conclusion. Some of the journals were of the opinion that Gwin.s chances were slim. The next steamer will give us the result. Some interesting intelligence will be found among the news items. Oregon. From Oregon the news is unimportant. The Legislature had changed the mode of voting from the ballot to viva voce, a proceeding which had created much discussion The Maine liquor fell seems to be in high favor with the settlers, and would probably be enacted into a law. Mexico. We have important news from Acapulco, to the 27th ult., announcing that two hundred men of Santa Anna’s army had gone over to Alvarez. A portion, with some of the officers, arrived in Acapulco on the 23d of January, and the remainder were daily expected. Opening of the Panama Railroad, Connecting the At lantic with the Pacific. The railroad was finished and the great connecting link between the Atlantic and Pacific rendered complete. On Sunday, Jan. 28th, the trial trip was successfully made from Aspinwall to Panama. Thousands witnessed the starting of the iron horse. Great preparations were be ing made to receive the New York delegation worthily, butthe programme ofthe formal celebration had not been argreed on. Revolution in Peru. We have a file of the Callao Foreign Neics to the 7th of Jan. From this we learn thot Gen. Castilla has over thrown Eehenique and assumed the government himself. Thus the revoluti n terminated in a bloody battle, fought Jan. 5, near {he gates of Lima. . After the battle com menced two entire battalions of the government forces wont- over to the revolutionists—the army of the latter was soon after routed. Among the government officers killed were General Duesta and Col. Carrarza. Castilla’s army had entered Lima, and he himself had a triumphal reception. Tiie Castle of Calloa, with the quadron, had surrendered to his victorious troops. Ear lier news from the south of Peru stated that Eehenique, having lost every foothold there, sent a large force under Gen. Moran to quell the insurrection, which fell into the hands of Elias, as prisoners, their leader (Gen. Moran) being killed. Castilla had decreed the abolition of slavery in Peru —and the planters were convi ked to secure them selves against attacks from those thus let loose. Sandwich Islands. From the Sandwich Islands we have dates to the 231 of December, The news is not important. Annexation, as a State question, was considered indefinitely postponed by the accession of His Majesty King Kamehamtha the Fourth. On the 16th of December the ministers of the late King offered their condolence to llis Majesty, when he replied in a sensible speech, requesting the officials to retain their portfolios and continue their labors. The new King had made his first appearance in public at Di vine service, leading his sister, the Princess Victoria, on his left. Ilis late Majesty was to have been buried on December 30. h. There were six men of war — one of j the United States—in port at Honolulu on the loth of j December. All the ships fired a royal salute in honor of ! the King. The country was very quiet. Great Excitement in Havana. —Anticipated Landing of Gen. Quitman with 20,000 men —Spanish fleet in motion. By the arrival this morning of the schooner Abbott Devereux, Capt. Alchron, from Havana, we have advi ces from that port up to Sunday last, Feb. 4th. We learn that at the time of the sailing of the schoon er, and for several days previously, great excitement <x isted iu Cuba in anticipation of the landing of General j Quitman, who is reported to be off the Island, with a force of 20,000 men. The Creoles were highly elated, but it was not supposed that they can render much assist ance to their deliverers. Indeed, Capt. Alchron thinks the present Captain General, Concha, has made himself and administration poj ular with till classes, so that the discontent on the island is not so wide spread now as for i tnerly. 4he Spanish fleet cons’sting o? two war steamers and I j three sailing vessels—a frigate, sloop of war, and brig, j [ left the port of Havana l ist Saturday on a cruise in search j ot the fiilibusters. Two British ships of the line entered the harbor Sundiy morning, and several others were j hourly expected for the defence of the Island. We have no nvans of knowing upon what grounds | the fears of the Spanish officials were based. But off one thing wo are certain, if Quitman gets a foothold on ! the Island with 20,000 men, the days of Her Catholic Majesty’s reign there are ended.— Sav. Jour, cf- Cour. Feb. lOi/r. From Santa Fe. The Galveston Times has the following : We find some inter* sting news in the Santa Fe cor respondence of the San Antonio Texan. The water un derdate of Dec. 21st, states that the mail contractor wonld leave next day without the mails, because the Post* ! master there refused to deliver them to the new contract- j or. It seems ih it postmasters in that section are quite ! d> spotical and independent. They refuse to deliver mails j to new contractors, the o ! d ones declining to act, because j not advised officially from Washington of their appo nt- j ment. The Legislature was in session at the date of the letter, and we learn with some regret that one of the Mexican members was “about to introduce a bid abolishing the Constitution of the United States of America !” A rumor, according to the correspondent of the Texan i was current that the American flag in Mesilla Valley had’ | been pulled down by the Mexicaus, and the Mexican tri- j colors raised in their place. It was also reported that American “troops from Fort Fillmore had gone over to ! raise the flag and pull down the usurper.” Public Debt of the United States. The Philadelphia Ledger has an editor al, designed to show the absurdity of the favorite boast of Americans that their government is almost the only one in the civil ’ ized world, wit ch is not deeply plunged in debt. The boast, it is true, so far as it relates to the United States in its Federal rapacity, is well founded; but the Ledger believes that so far as it relates to the one and thirty Coin • | nmmveakhs, of which the nation is composed, it is an ab solute absurdity, s'nce the majority of these latter are deeply, if not inextricably, in and, bt. The total indebted ness ot the various Commonwealths is about two hundred and twenty-one millions of dollars, divided among twenty seven S ates, lour being so fortunate as to owe nothin./ vz; ncw Hampshire, Vermont, Delaware and Florida’ Os these twenty-seven, the debts of seven are ui;d. r a million a piece. Maryland, Texas, I linois, Ohio, Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania, are the States most deeply m debt. Ihe largest .bs date debt is that of Pcims\ Ivarnn which is over lofty mihions ; the smallest is that of New .jersey, which is but seventy-one thousand. The heaviest Uebt, in proportion to the population, is, as we mention, and a few days ago, that of Maryland, which exceeds fi teen milhous in a population of five hundred and eighty two thousand, including sla es. The debt of Virginia is twen • j safes . . . 1 ty-six millions, and that of New York twenty-fc ve millions. It is considered, however, that relatively the debt of the former is twice as heavy as that of the latter, when pop ulation and developed resources are taken into the account. Tile entire debt of the nation, estimating the federal debt as well as that of the States, cxcoeds two hundred and seventy-five millions of dollars. Anti-Nebraska Senator from Illinois. Chicago, Feb. 9th.—Trumbull, member elect to Congress from Illinois, and the Anti-Nebraska candidate has, been chosen to succeed Gen. Shields in the United States Senate. Shield’s name is anouneed for the vacancy in the Hou:e caused by Trumbull’s election to the Senate. Censure of Senators Douglas and Shields. Chicago, Feb. 5. 1855 —A resolution reprehending the course of Senators Douglas and Shields, iov advocating the repeal of the Missouri compromise, passed the House to-day by a vote of—ayes 37, nays 27. Acquital of Booth and Byecraft. Chicago, Feb. 5,1855. —The Supreme Court of Wiscon sin has acquitted Booth and Ryeciaft, on their trial foraid ing the escape of a fugitive slave, on the gronds of the ille gality of the indictment against them. mm Death of the Know Nothing Nominee for Governor in New Hampshire. Concord, N. IL, Feb. 5,1855. —Tho Rev* John Moore, pastor of the Universalis! Society of this city, and tho late nominee of the Know Nothings tor Governor, to which office he was ineligible, not having resided in the State a certain length of time, dropped dead in the street this morn ing—probably from afleetioi/ol the heart. The Massachusetts Know Nothing State Council. Boston, Feb. G, 1855. —A regular quarterly session of the State Council of Know Nothings was held to-day. The attendance was large, but of the proceedings little is known. Symptoms of rebellion from tho influence oi the National Council were apparent,espeiaily in the rejection ofthe third degree, concocted at Cincinnati, which pro|vose3 to expel every member who bolts a regular nomination. Camp- of an order calling themselves the United Sons of America have been formed in several wards of this city, from which free soilers are excluded. On the other hand, lodges with the free soil element predominant are forming in other parts ofthe State. Charleston Races. Charleston, Feb. 9. For the Jocky Club purse ot SSOO, two miles heats, tour nags started : Rough and Ready, Maid of Orleans, little Arthur, Patscy O’Reily. The first named won the first heat—the last named, distaneed. The Maid of Or leans won second heat. Time: 3.43. In the second rece, for three years old, Sweep, Stakes, mile heats, three started : Invincible, a Glencoe filly colt, and a Margrove filly. Invincible won in two straight heats. Time: 1. 53—1. 52. Saturday, Feb. 10.—Jockey Club Purse S6O0 —Three mile heats.—Five started ; Brown Dick, Mary Taylor Highlander, Ksquinox mare, and Pa'sey O’Reily. Brown Dick won in two straight heats. Time : 5.42 ; 5.40. Second Race.— Single dash of three miles. Little Arthur won, beating Henry, Margrave filly, and Ellen Evans. Time : 5. 48£. Another good Citizen Gone. It is our melancholy duty, this morning, to announce the demise of one of the best citizens of our State. Green 11. Jordan died at his residence, Jackson Hall, in Bald win county, near Milledgeville, on Tuesday morning last, nfter a short illness. A kinder and better man we have never known. IJe died ns he lived, beloved and respect ed by ali who enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance, and in closing his earthly career, we think we can safely say, he has left no enemy behind him.—-Con. ij- Rep. 11 ih. ZZZ Brcckenridge Declines. Washington, Feb. 9.—Mr. Breckenridge declines the appointment of Minister to Spain in consequence of the ill ness of his wife. j Tho Senatorial Contest in the Pennsylvania Legislature. Harrisburg, Feb. 7, 1855. | Sixty one candidates were nominated in the House of { Assembly this morning for United States Senator. The 3lexican Consul. New York, Feb. 10. The Supreme Court of this State has refused to discharge the Mexican Consul, arrested for improper uso of moneys paid by this government to Mexico, but has reduced his | bail to $30,000. French Spoliation Bill Passed. In the U. S. Senate on Tuesday, the French Spoliation j bill was taken up and passed—yeas 28, nays 17. So the | bill has now passed both Houses and only wants the appro- f val ofthe President to become a law. It has been intima ted that the President will not sign the bill. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad. —The Advertiser gives the following account of the business of the railroad for the past three months. It exhibits a very promising increase : The total receipts for passengers and freight were in j November, $9,864 69 ; in December, 13,200 07, and [in January, $15,491 40. Excess in January over De cember, $1,791 33; over November, $5,526 71. We learn from the Register that Mr. Smith, President of the Company, started for England on the steamer Canada on the 31st ult. Doubtless he is after material aid, which we trust he will succeed in getting. It. would require only a small sum to carry on the with great rapidity. South Western Railroad. —We learn that the South Western Railroad Company, on the Bth inst., declared a semi-annual dividend of four dollars pe? share on the old stock, and two dollars per share on the A merle us exten sion stock, being at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum payable on the first day of March next. ; Earnings of road for 6 months ending Jan. ], 1 _ l8; - r> $130,138 51 i Current expenses same period 63,023 95 I Net earnings $67,114 56 I Dividend $39,794 00 i Amount payable to city Macon.. 1.250 00 | Interest on Bonds . 7,525 00-$48,569 00 Surplus earnings.. „ $ 18,545 56 T Covrt nt Augusta —On Wednesday 7th Judge Unit passed the following sentences: Mosley Donaldson, simple larceny, sentenced to years in the Penitentiary. The same person in another ease, same off-nee, five years in the Penitentiary. Total ]J years. Henry llolderfield, simple larceny, four years iu the Penitentiary. John McGregor, larceny from the h<u>e, three years in the Penitentiary. In the case oi the State vs. Keener, for murder, a mo* tion fora new trial is now pending. Conversation Any body can talk who has the usual o gms of speech, but to converse is a verv different thing, and to converse well, is a very high rnd rare ac complishment. Conversation, r.s or.c may see by the ety mology of the word, supposes at least two parts to the dis course, and requires a listener rs well as a talker John son and Parr have argued ; Coleridge preached ; Mad ame de Stael disputed ; Curran sparkled with wit and fancy ; Burke conversed l.ke a gentleman, and was at once brilliant and profound—a good talker, a good listen er, and altogether a model eonversrionnlist, Shakspeare says : “Conversation should be plersant without seurril ity. witty without affectation, learned without pedantry novel without a falsehood.” Rochefoueault favs : “The icason why so few persons are agreeab'e in conversation is, that every one thinks more of what he has to say than of answering what is said to him.” Burns must have been a oharmmg conversationalist. The Duchess of Gor non sud of his conversation that “it fairly lifted her off her feet”—a powerful kind of discourse, we should say, and scarcely proper to a Duchess. * ‘ _ General Cass on Slavery. —General Cass has ver • I boldly and firmly faced the instructions from his Legis!/. I ture to vote for the restoration of the Missouri Comprom- I iseand the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. Ife was I heretofore instructed to vote for tho Wilmot proviso, b,,. I declined it, and the legislature subsequently repealed tl, t instruction. On this occasion be says he will neither ob v nor resign. The doctrine of obedience to instructions n / he says, go so far as to destroy the character of the I ate as the representative of the sovereignty of the S\y-< exposing it to unusual political fluctuations ; and it v, operate specially against the Democratic party, lie - for their opponents did not recognize the right of iiibtiu - tion nor the duty of obedience. Totlie Stockholders of the Ist Division cf the Mobile & Girard Kail lload, from Cos. luHibHi to Union Springs!-- Gentlemen:-- Tho present condition ofthe road dem.ir the earnest attention and prompt action ofthe Stockli- ■ ers. A portion ofthe Road has been finished, equipped put in operation, but there exists a large amount of indei • edness which must be provided for, or else suits will be in stituted against the Road at the March Teim of the Ri - sel! Circuit Court, anU judgments rendered at that Ter;” under which all that portion of toe road now finished, wit; its equipment will be sold, and pass into other hands an. become a total loss to the present Stockholders. You are aware that the late President, Judge Iversor, resigned on the first of January, and that Maj. John II. 1 Howard was elected to fill the vacancy. He has not ye; accepted the office, and will not until arrangements are made to pay the debts and progress with the Road to Fn ion Springs. He and others are making every effort to obtain additional subscriptions, and it is hoped and believed that a considerable sum will be obtained, but it is Well as certained that a sufficient amount cannot be thus raised to accomplish the objects desired. Something, therefore, nu:;t be done by the present Stockholders to prevent the joss ot what has already beon invested and expended in the road. We therefore earnestly invite you to meet at the depot hi Girard, on Thursday the first day of March next, at 10 clock, A. M.,at which time a lull exposition will be made of the past transactions and present condition of the com pany, and when, it i hoped, some plan will be adopted to relieve the road from its present embarrassments and pro vide for its further progress. ARNOLD SEALE, ) HOMER BLACKMON, f Directors WILEY WILLIAMS, ) Feb. 10, 1855. w&twtillstmarch. BY AUTHORITY. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. [Public N T o. 18.]^ AN ACT making appropriations for the construction of ccr tain military roads in the Territories ol Nebraska ami Washingtons lie. it enacted Senate end House of Representatives of the Ini ted States oUifyer fra in Congress assembled, That the mi lowing sumsan moirwy beaml ihe same are licrby apprej.nt.* ted lor thejmn&lructiJn-of military roads in the Territorys es j Nebraska/and Wiuhingtofc to wit: For the construction of a militapri-oad from the Gre*| Falls of the Missouri river in the territory ol Nebraska to liHcrsect the military road tow established lea'ing from Walla/Walia to Puget’s Sound, tliir. ty thousand dollars; lor the construction ot a military rosd j Iroin the Dalles qf the Columbia to “Columbia city barrack?, i Iwosty-flve thousand dollars; for the construction ol a milita- I ry road from Columbia City barracks to Fort S.eilacoom ■i. Puget’s sound, thirty thousand dollars. The said military roads shall be constructed under the direction of the Secretar} of War. \ Approved February 0, 1855. [Public, No. IS).] AN ACT to change the name/of the American built vessels ‘ “J. H. Holmes” and “Franklin Pierce.” Be itcfrtHfed, by the Senatefand House of Representatives of the United Statei-gf America imCongress assembled , that the Sec retary of the Treasury L-e, and he is hereby, authorized te errant a register to the schooner ‘fJ. H. Holmes,” an American-built vessel, byllenry Gerdts and t Caw-ton Nohn.Vn the State of Bouth Carolina, and that the name Slid sclxjhner be chained to that of “ECort.’’ it fmi her-enacted, That the Secretary ofthe j TreasmYee, and he is hereby, authorized to grant a register to I the steamer -‘Franklin Pierce,” an “American built vessel,now : owned by L..T. Murd/fck,and W. W. Wiiherbury, citizens of I the city of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio, that the name ol S the said boat be changed to that of “Texcna.” j Approved February G, 1855. , | [Public No. 20.] i AN ACT to incorporate St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum, in |] the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of j the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Tiros. ‘ CarberWJAmes S. Harvey, obomas ‘Feran, Gregory Ennis, | Nicholas CiUlen, Hugh H. f-wee/ry, John Carroll Brent, Hiclrar.’ I 11. Clark, aikl Y\ illiam 11. Wa , and * their successors be, at <1 f they are irerqby. made a body and corporate forever. 3 the name of Die Trustees of SL Joseph’s Male .Orphan Asylum*’ ■ for purposes of charity and education, and by that.name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend; may have mid use a com mon seal, and tiie same alhr mid renew at pleasure; may adoi t j and establish rules, regulations, and by-laws, not repug,,ait “ to the CHifKitHfioiAmd law? ot tho United Ft ales, lor prop/i; conducing thi affaVrs of corporation; may take, receive, purchase, and bohl reaJ, personal, and mixed, not ex’- J one Aupured thousand dollars at any one tin., and may manage and dWroseoi the same at pleasure, and;/:- Eg ply the same or the prorAds of tiie sale thereof to the u-es :,i,J S purposes ofthe said cqrpoVation, according totlie rules audit;- 11 illations which now affe, or hmy h< rafter be, established. Feo. 2. Awl be itfurther That Congress may at any n time hereafter aitcr/atnend or nmcal the foregoing act. Sko. 3. And bcit further cnacthL That nothing in this an O shall be soconstr Jed as to autlorize%[ie said coiporatiot. to is- -9 sue any note, toKen. device or tciip, CK©thcr evidence cf del;;. :f.| to be used as currency. Bkc. 4. AiJt be it further enacted, That each of the trust in the said corporation shall be held liable in his or her in!;. ~.J vidual capacity for ail the debts and liabilities of the said c, V ; i pany, howojVer contracted or incurred, to be recoveieol l y t . * * as otlu r debts or liabilities, before any court of competent juris diction. * 1 Approved February 6 1855/ [Public No. 5.] AN ACiMo authorize the issue of patents to lands in any \State or Territoiy in certain eases. Be it ennHed by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of theJJ oiled States of America in Congress as sembled, Tha\ in case of any claim to land in any State or TcrritoiVwhich has heretofore been conlinned by Jaw, and in whidnto provision made by the confirmato ry statute foijftfe isstWoi patents, it shall and may be law- , ful tor tfraland have been or may hereaiur be issue patenfk for the claims so confirmed, upon I the presentation to the Giknrnissioner of the General Land < I Office of plats of survey thereof duly approved by the sur ! veyor general of Territory, if the same leg found correct by ComWiissioner. Prodded, T ha: I such patents shajjftnrly operates a relinquishment of tub! on the part ofAfie'United States** and shall in no rnaiir.e: I interfere wiffi'any valid adverse hglit, if such exist, to the 1 same lancWfor be construed to preclude a legal investigat - J and by the proper judicial tribunal between ad-* versejmiimants to the same land. Approved December 22, 1854. [Public No. 6.] % AN ACT to suppress theicirculation of small note?, as a currency in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Jicpresent atives of the United States of America in Congresses semtded, That if any person or persons,body politic or cor poral*. within the District of Columbia, shall ‘make, err;', issue, sign, draw, or endorse any bank note ry note/\r any instrument of writing, for the payment or delivery of money, or other valuable thing, or of anything purporting\o be a valuable thing, of a less amount than five dollars, to 8b used as a paper curiency, or a* a circulating medium, cither a? money, or in lieu ofmoiWy or of any oth er currency, <?yery such person, and evetjrmember, officer, or agent of such body politic or corporate, concerned m. or assenting to,-such making, emitti|fg, issuing utter; ■ i signing, dravringtor endorsing as afo&said, for any of u* purposes aforesaid, shall forfeit and jjfiy the sum of ten and: - ; lars for each and every such bank-note, promissory note- : instruinent of writingso emitted, utterew signed, drawn, or endorsed, one-half to the use of any per son who shall sue therefor, andine other half to the cor ; ty of Washington, Columbia. And on the tr;-- of any such cause, if ihe promissory note, bank note, ‘ other instrument in question Jt|e in part or in whole priSfr or engraven, it shall be deemed sufficient evidence ol intention to put the same iiVcirculation in violation ot act, unless the contiaty be shown. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shad belt lawful for any person or persons, body politic or corpu^ I '- to pass, or offer to passC within the Ui-trict ol Coining’ I any bank note, promissory note, or ahyjbiStrument oi ■_ ting of a less denomination or amount, than five d CI • g either as money j- or in lieu ot money or of any ■ I currency, and any other person or prisons, ana e'” .’ I member, officer,-or agent ot such body politic or corpora violating the [provisions of this section, shali loi.cn pay a sum oiiiut le:s than five nor more than ten li j tor every such offence, one-half to the use of b' e who shall oa6 therefor, and the other half to the u-e<-- c-ounty of Washington, Distiictof Columbia -f Sec. And be it further enacted, That any , | r>eiscngs*.:body politic or corporate, holding any K rote, p/bmissory note, or instrument in writing, n 1 ”- I ent the same for payment to the p.r on or f ft oolitic or corporate, that made, emitted, issued, “